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Chessie System, Inc

LC control no.n 80028582
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Corporate name headingChessie System, Inc.
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Variant(s)C and O Auto Ferries
Chessie Cruises
Chessie System, Incorporated
Chessie System Railroads
CSI
See alsoBaltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
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Michigan-Wisconsin Transportation Company
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Product of a merger: CSX Corporation
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Biography/History noteMerged with Seaboard Coast Lines to form CSX Corp. Nov. 1, 1980.
Beginning date1973
Ending date1980
Found inTroast, J. L. Finance docket no. 28905 (Sub-No. 1) et al., 1979 (subj) t.p. (Chessie System, Inc.) p. iii (CSI)
Moody's ind. man., 1983 (under CSX Corporation: on 11/1/80 company merged Chessie System, Inc., and Seaborad Coast Line Industries, Inc.)
Kemble, J.H. Kemble maritime ephemera collection, 1855-1988 (Chessie System, Incorporated; ferry and cargo service; also known as Chessie System Railroads, Chessie, CSI; includes promotional names (not separate divisions) C and O Auto Ferries and Chessie Cruises; took control of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in 1973; merged into CSX Corporation in 1980; its ferry service and ferries purchased by Michigan-Wisconsin Transportation Company in 1983)